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Monday, 22 September 2014

Hello dear friends and family! Wow, the past 2 months have
been life changing! I’ve read so many blog posts over the last few years from
new moms that would write “I have never been more tired than I am right now,
but the last couple months have been amazing!” I absolutely never understood
that. How can you put tired and amazing in the same sentence? I literally fear
being tired, and that was one of my biggest fears going into motherhood. But
here I am, 2 months in saying I’ve never been more tired in my life, but these
last couple months have been amazing!!!

Y’all…I can NOT describe the love I have for this little
human. Holy smokes. There are still days when I look at him and just start
crying…it’s truly overwhelming. He is such a JOY and such a gift and I will
lose a zillion more hours of sleep for him. (and drink a zillion more cups of
coffee!!!!!!!!!...or 1 a day…relax ppl! ;-))

Because most moms are
under the radar for the first couple months, getting the hang of things, I find
that those hard times in the beginning aren’t talked about often. First off…labor…holy
mackerel…intense!!! But most beautiful thing evverrrrrrr. But painful…and very
painful for the weeks following…so physical pain, mixed with exhaustion, mixed
with “am I everrrr gonna sleep again” depressing thoughts, mixed with LOVE
& JOY & MORE LOVE…it’s all CRAZY!!! I’m thankful I had a lot of really
honest mom friends that prepared me for the weeks after labor, because really,
it’s a wild ride that warranted a LOT of prayer!!! Prayers that the Lord heard
and honored!!!

So anyway, I hope to update once a month…but we’ll see!
Right this minute I’m looking at a basket full of clean clothes, a pile of
thank you cards that need to be written, and some dishes in the sink…we’re
still getting the hang of everything, so hopefully this mama can find a few
minutes to blog!

Caleb Joshua ::

Weight: 13.10 lbs

Height: 24 inches

Doctor appointment: He has his 2 month immunizations in a
few days! ( L
someone holllddd meee)

Nicknames: I call him Little Love, Stinker Pot (is that like
a thing or did I make up that weird one?), little man, baby boy. Josh calls him
little bro (this cracks me up!!!), little fella, my boy. And of course he gets
showered in sweetheart, precious, all those mushy gushy.

Eating: He loves to eat!!! During the day he eats on average
every 2.5 hours! It’s pretty crazy. He loves food from his mama, doesn’t quite
love when his dad gives him a bottle of pumped milk, but this mom needs a break
from time to time, so they get through!

Sleeping: The day Caleb turned 7 weeks he started sleeping
BEAUTIFULLY!!! I am BEYOND grateful!!! I feel like it was such a gift from the
Lord as Josh and I were starting to be deliriously tired. Like I referred to Caleb
as a girl MANY times…. HA! Now he goes to sleep around 10:30- will wake up once
to eat, usually around 5:30 then goes back to sleep till around 9:30! It’s
GLORIOUS!!! I’ve pretty much figured out
that every 2 hours he will take a 30-45 minute nap! Now that we’ve figured that
out our days are going smoother!

Diapers: He is still in disposable and will be until we move
into our new house! I’m hoping after we settle we will have a bit more of a
routine and it will be easier to work our way into the cloth diapers.
Disposable is just soooo easy, but I can’t get past the cost savings of cloth,
so I am excited to start (and do laundry every couple days…okay, I’m NOT excited
for that part!!!).

Clothing: He is in 3 months. Just a couple days ago when I
did his wash I had to put aside most of the 0-3 months clothing.

Social: He’s my little social smiley boy! He LOOVVEESSS when
Josh and I get right in front of him and talk…he just coo’s and “talks” away.
He loves attention and gets soooo excited when Josh and I are together in front
of him…he can barely handle the 2 of us together in front of him, it’s
adorable!!! He does well with other people too…it isn’t hard to make him smile,
so that’s always such a joy for people! He’s definitely grown in the last month
socially…so that’s been REALLY fun to watch happen!

New this month: MUCH more talking…with some excited screams!
(this is so adorable it about kills me). Nonstop smiling! Sleeping beautifully
at night. More regular nap routine. On
the negative side…he’s had a bad rash for about a week, I took him in on day 2,
and they thought he just has my bad/dry skin, they told me to just apply
Vaseline and Lubriderm. Update: took him back after he had the rash 1 week…the
doc said he needed .5 % hydrocortisone for what appears to be eczema…I just
apply a little once a day and it has gotten WORLDS better! I loathe dry skin for
myself so I am on top of his lotion game like crazy!!! My poor baby!!

Likes: Taking a bath,
looking at himself in the mirror, hitting the objects hanging from his play
mat, having his face/lips touched, music, Josh and me (WOOOO), being swaddled
before nap time, morning time/ waking up from a nap time…he’s ALL smiles.

Dislikes: Being hungry & tired (samesies Cale!).

Mama: I am so happy. I really really am. I of course have
had some “hard” days…but it’s all relative. There have been so many things that
I prayed for throughout my pregnancy that I’m seeing the Lord honor. Prayers for
joy- I’m so joyful, I love being a mother. Prayers to soak up every day- I
truly feel like I am enjoying each day and not letting the little hard things
get me down too much. Prayers for my marriage- it has been so neat to see the
Lord grow us and help us to figure out this whole parenthood/marriage thing…we
still have/need a lot of growth, but we are definitely learning. We have
finally been getting a schedule down the last week and that has been GLORIOUS.
Caleb and I get up usually in the 9 O’clock hour (I’m hoping to start getting
up an hour before him…I’m just. so. tired.) I get something to eat, then I feed
him, he plays while I drink my coffee (one of the highlights of my day…ha!), I
get a few things done that I need to get done…then after a while I flip him
over and he does tummy time- I stay pretty close during this time…he needs
encouragement during that hard workout! J
then that wears him RIGHT out…and he falls asleep for a 30-45 minute nap! About
every 2 hours he takes a 30-45 minute nap. He’s the bomb…so thankful we have a
little schedule going!! (last night he slept from 10:45 PM-6:30 AM WOOOO)

Daddy: Joshua LOVES being a dad! He’s been back to work for
a while, and that’s gone really well. Caleb and I give him his space during the
day (until we move, his office will continue to be in our house), and Joshua
just soaks up Caleb in the evenings and his days off. He’s soooo helpful. He
does laundry, washes dishes, plays with Caleb, loves me well, he’s just such a
natural! I am so blessed to have him as my partner in this life!

Fun things we did: We did his newborn photo shoot with my
friend and photographer, Julia. They are great!! Caleb peed 4 x during it
(without a diaper on) and had an explosive # DOS…thankfully WITH a diaper on J , he’s met a lot of
new people this month as friends came back in town from their Summer off, we
went on some walks in the beautiful fresh air, the women from the Chapel had a
baby shower for Caleb and me…it was so lovely!! We are very blessed to have so many people here in Moose Factory that love and support us!

What we're looking forward to: I’m looking forward to being
in our new home…getting that decorated. VERY excited to decorate Caleb’s
nursery!!! To purge some things and start fresh and simple!

Comparison

This sweetie chunked up a bit :) Definitely will not be wearing that onesie next month!!